MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 525 central Ohio farm lands, his business in this connection growing so .rapidly that he presently became known as the "land man," by which title he is generally known throughout this section. On January 31, 1899, Harry S. Mitchell was united in marriage to Gertrude Smith, youngest daughter of the late Auburn Smith, in his day one of the most prominent druggists and business men of London, and to this union two children have been born, Oliver Tress, born on November 29, 1899, and Ann Arnett, March 13, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are interested in all good works in and about London, and no couple in the community are held in higher regard by their large circle of friends than they, they for years having been regarded as among the leaders in the social life of the community. Mr. Mitchell is a Republican and has ever given a good citizen's attention to the political affairs of the county. Though not, by any means. being included in the office-seeking class, he has been called on to serve the public as a member of the London city council and is now performing equally faithful service as a member of the city board of education and is also giving good service as a member of the board of trustees of the Kirkwood Cemetery Association. Among the real-estate dealers of this state. few are better known than Mr. Mitchell, and he is actively identified with the National Association of Real-Estate Dealers, being affiliated with the board at Columbus. this state. He is a Mason of high degree, being a member of the Knights. Templar and also of the Mystic Shrine, and is exceedingly popular with his lodge associates. During his school days at Ohio University, he was elected to the university chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta and still takes a warm interest in the affairs of that fraternity. Public spirited, enterprising and energetic, Mr. Mitchell is regarded as one of the most influential factors in the building up of the best interests of this section, and in commercial and financial circles he is held in very high repute. possessing the unbounded confidence of all his business associates. F. E. ROSNAGLE, M. D. F. E. Rosnagle was born at Springboro, Warren county, Ohio, on September 18. 1885, son of Francis E. and Alice (Hayner) Rosnagle, both natives of that county. prosperous farmers who still live there, and who are the parents of four children. Educated in the common schools of Springboro, F. E. Rosnagle was graduated from the high school of that town, after which he entered Lebanon University at Lebanon, this state, attending the course of instruction there for two terms. Becoming confirmed then in his earlier decision to become a physician, he entered the medical school of the University of Cincinnati. and after a year there entered the medical department of the University of Ohio, being graduated from that excellent institution three years later. in June. 1914, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Upon securing his diploma. Doctor Rosnagle came: to Madison county and on September 19, 1914. entered upon the practice of his chosen profession at London, where he ever since has been quite successfully engaged in general practice. He immediately entered into the common life of the people with such hearty interest as to convince his many new-found friends that he was prepared to devote himself unreservedly and wholeheartedly to the general welfare of the community which he had thus so earnestly adopted. On September 3, 1913, F. E. Rosnagle was united in marriage to Lelia D. Jack, of Lebanon. Doctor and Mrs. Rosnagle are attendants of the Presbyterian church, and their devotion to the good works of the community attests their hearty interest in all measures designed to promote the common welfare, both having made many warm friends since their arrival in this county. 526 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO Doctor Rosnagle is a member of the Madison County Medical Society and of the Columbus Academy: of Medicine, and is also a member of the University of Ohio chapter of A. K. K. Doctor Rosnagle also is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Bringing to his practice all of a student's enthusiasm, together, with a zealous faith in the humanities, Doctor Rosnagle is giving of the best of himself to his profession, and the success which already has attended his practice in this county is taken by his friends as -a fair augury of the firm place he is destined to establish for himself in this community: HORACE GREELEY JONES. One of the leading banks of Madison county and of London is the Central National Bank, of which Horace Greeley Jones is president. Not only is he president of this bank, but he is heavily interested in various business enterprises in London and owns a magnificent farm of two hundred and sixty acres opposite the prison farm. Horace Greeley Jones was born in London on September 6, 1852. He received his education in the 'public schools of London and in the high school under Professor McClintick. His parents were John and Jane H. (Melvin) Ames, the former of whom was reared in London and who, although he attended school not more than two years, became a well-informed man and a prominent factor in his father's store, in which he clerked as a boy. John Jones also clerked in the store of William Warner for two years, and, in February, 1841, was married to Jane H. Melvin. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Melvin, natives of Madison county. In the 'fall of 1841, John Jones became deputy sheriff under William Warner. He served in this position for four years . Later he was elected sheriff for one term and served two years. Still later he served twelve years as justice of the peace. He also served' one term as mayor of London. In the meantime. he had purchased a grocery store. which he conducted a great many years, and upon his retirement he sold to his two sons, Lucien and Frank. His younger brother, an attorney at Champaign, Illinois. was partly reared and educated by him. At the time of the organization of the Odd Fellows lodge, in 1846. he became a charter member. Six children were born to John and Jane R (Melvin) Jones., as follow: Mary, Lucien, Frank, Dollie, Horace and Emma. Horace is the subject of this sketch. Dollie is the widow of Valentine Wilson. Emma is the wife of Harvey Chandler. Mary and Lucien are deceased. The late John Jones, who was born at London, October 21, 1818, was the son of William Jones, who was born and reared near Knoxville, Tennessee and who came with his father, Solomon Jones, to Ohio. William was a blacksmith by trade. He settled at London in 1814. and for a time dealt in property, grain and other merchandise. His became wealthy but nevertheless, was a liberal man and extended financial assistance to many of his neighbors and friends. In the financial panic of 1837, he suffered severely as a consequence of having secured the debts of others. Still later, he removed to a farm. He died at London a few years after the panic of 1837. Horace Greeley Jones, after, finishing his education, clerked for his two brothers Lucien and Frank, in the general store established by their father. At the death of his brother, Lucien Jones, in 1876, after having spent six years in the store. Horace Greeley Jones succeeded to his brother's interests. The firm was continued as Jones Brothers until 1912. in the meantime, about 1903. Horace Greeley and Frank Jones had organized the London Coal Company on West High street. This company did no retail busin and was very successful. On June 1, 1915, the company was sold to the Pierce Lumber Company. Mr. Jones was manager of the coal company; and did all the buying for the MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 527 firm; In 1913, the Central Bank, of which he had acted as president for a number of years, became the Central National Bank, Mr.: Jones continued as president. He is at present one of the liquor commissioners of Madison county. On September 10, 1879, Horace Greeley Jones was married to Lizzie Houston, the daughter of Doctor James and M. J. Houston. Mrs. Jones's father was a fine physician, who also owned a drug store at Jamestown. He finally sold the store and spent his later years with his daughter passing away at the age of eighty-one. Not only was he a successful physician, but he was a brilliant man personally, and a man who was always well informed in regard to current history. He liked to argue political and religious questions. He, himself, was an ardent devotee of the Universalist faith. Mr. and Mrs. Jones spent a year in Europe, taking a very extensive tour of the principal points of interest. They also spent three winters in Florida and one in California. Likewise, they visited Cuba and Nassau, and were in the Northwest on two Occasions. About the same time, they visited the Grand Canyon. Mr. Jones is a man who believes in seeing America first. Mrs. Horace Greeley Jones is prominent' In all the clubs of London, and has been president of most of the clubs. She is a Member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Houston ancestry dating. from Revolutionary stock. Although Horace Greeley Jones is a Republican, he is not a political worker, and is not especially interested in polities. Fraternally, he is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a life member of the consistory, a life member of Mt. Vernon Commandery No. 1. at Columbus, A life member of Syrian Temple. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Columbus Lodge Lodge No. 37, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Formerly, he was a Member of Mystic Lodge No. 36, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Jones is interested in the Young Men's Christian Association, and in all such religious influences. He was reared in the Methodist Episcopal church, but is not now a member of any church. Mr. Jones is a member of the London Club of this city. J. W. HUME. Few names in the business life of London, the county seat of Madison county, are better known than that of J. W. Hume, member of the well-known firm of Anderson & Hume, hardware merchants, a past president of the London Board of Trade and one of the most active figures in the commercial circles of the county. Before going to London to engage in business, Mr. Hume had for years been engaged in the hardware business in the pleasant village of Big Plain and had done much for the advancement of the general interests of the eastern part of the county. While living at Big Plain he had taken an active Part in the civic affairs of Fairfield township. He owns a good farm in Fairfield township and is regarded as one of the substantial men of Madison county, a very proper subject for review in. a volume of this character, carrying, as it does, biographies of those enterprising men and women who are doing so well their respective parts in the common life of this favored commonwealth. J. W. Hume was born on a farm near Big Plain. in Fairfield township. Madison county. Ohio. on August 19, 1872 son of George W. and Isabelle (Davidson) Hume, the former of whom was born on the same farm, son of one of the best known pioneers of that section. George W. Hunie was a man of substance, an excellent farmer and a good citizen, who did much to advance the welfare of that section of the county in which he so long lived and labored. He remained on the farm on which he was born until 1895, in which year he and his wife moved to Pickaway county, this state, where they spent their last days. both dying within ten days of each other; Mrs. Hume's death occurring 528 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. on August 28, 1914, and Mr. Hume's death occurring on September 6, of the same year. They were the parents of two children, the subject of this sketch having a brother Edward D. Hume, living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Reared on the farm and educated in the schools of his home neighborhood, J. W. Hume engaged in the hardware business at Big Plain shortly after reaching his majority he having opened his store there in 1895, and he was thus engaged until 1907, in which year he moved to London, forming a partnership with Charles B. Anderson in the hardware and furniture business, under the firm name of Anderson & Hume, which partnership is still continued, mutually agreeable and very successful, this firm being one of the best known of its kind in this part of the state. On December 25, 1895, J. W. Hume was united in marriage to Laura L. Looker, of Lilly Chapel, this county, and to this union two children have been born. Robert and Horace. They are active in the good works of the community and are held in high regard by all who know them. Mr. Hume is a Republican and gives proper attention to the political affairs of the county. During his residence at Big Plain he held the office of township assessor for a time and also served as clerk of the township. .Since his arrival in London he has give close attention to the general commercial and civic affairs of that city and in 1913 was elected president of the Board of Trade there, his activity in advancing the general interests of the county seat having been greatly appreciated by his business associates, all of whom give him their fullest confidence and hold him in high esteem. Mr. Hume is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Lilly Chapel and of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Big Plain. He has a wide acquaintance throughout the county and is popular with all who know him. ROBERT W. BOYD. For many years the name Boyd has been indissolubly connected with the bestaffairs of Madison county, the Boyds, father and son, having been prominently associated with almost every movement for the advancement and betterment of local conditions that has arisen hereabouts in the last quarter of a century. In a biographical sketch covering the interesting and useful career in this county of the late Robert Boyd, president of the London Exchange Bank, presented elsewhere in this volume, a history of the beginnings of the Boyd family in Madison county is given, to which the reader is respectfully referred in connection with the present subject, it thus being sufficient to say here that Robert W. Boyd, cashier of the London Exchange Bank and son of the late Robert Boyd, former president of that sound old financial institution, is representing honorably and serviceably the third generation of the Boyd family in this county, even as his father and his grandfather had served the community in their day and generation. Fulsome praise has no place in a work of this character and indeed, ought never be countenanced; yet it is not too much to say that Robert W. Boyd is one of the most popular men in Madison county. Emerson, in his great essay on "Character." recalls the indignation of an eloquent Methodist at the kind admonitions of a doctor of divinity,—"My friend, a man can neither be praised nor insulted:" and, indeed, in this age when the superlative is shrieking throughout the land, it would seem that even the common acceptance of the term praise had outworn its wonted use, for everything whose praises the promoters are shouting from the housetops is either the greatest this or the greatest that that ever was. What with "the puff direct and the puff collateral and the puff oblique" of the old time, magnified by the megaphonic methods of the modern advertiser, praise—if, despite the eloquent Methodist whom Emerson cites, praise be possible—has overshot itself. When everything has become alike superlative, there are no superlatives and the promoter's adjec- MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 529 lives are regarded askance by those whose ears are assaulted by the tumult of his cries. However, there is such a thing as proper and due praise, the modest meed that merit claims, and it surely is not ill-timed or unfitting that, on such a page as this, a few words be said in passing regarding the life and the personality of Robert W. Boyd, whose enterprising, energetic and public-spirited career in this county has been productive of such large resnlts in the way of bettering conditions hereabout. Robert W. Boyd was born in the city of London, this county, on October 4, 1864, sou of Robert and Caroline (Wilson) Boyd, the former of whom was the eldest son 'of James and Martha (Millikin) Boyd, who came to this county in 1830 from Pennsylvania, Martha Millikin having been a daughter of Col. James Millikin. Caroline Wilson was the daughter of Valentine and Nancy (Roberts) Wilson, who settled in this county in the year 1810. Reared amid the very best parental influences, Robert W. Boyd received his elementary education in the public schools of the city of London, the county seat, and was graduated from the London high school with the class of 1882. He then entered Ohio Wesleyan University, where he spent two years; following which excellent course he entered Duff's Mercantile College at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with high honors. Upon receiving his diploma, Mr. Boyd returned home and for six years was employed in the county treasurer's office, a period of public service during which he created the best possible impression upon business circles generally in London. From the county treasurer's office Mr. Boyd went to the London Exchange Bank, of which his father was the president, being installed as cashier of that excellent institution on May 15, 1893, and has ever since that time been thns engaged. Enterprising, energetic and public spirited, Mr. Boyd soon found himself called upon to take an interest in numerous enterprises of a local character and for years he has been regarded as one of the busiest and most influential men in Madison county. He not only operates large farming interests,. comprising the properties of Shields & Boyd and of Boyd & Foley, all situated near the London corporation, but is the treasurer of the Thomas & Armstrong Manufacturing Company; president of the West Jefferson Telephone Company; treasurer and director of the Madison County Automobile Company, of London; president of the London Creamery Company and director of the London Board of Trade. He also is half owner of the Murray-Boyd building, the finest office building in London, and also is interested, as part owner, in the Hotel London building, the London Exchange Bank building and many other important bus!• ness properties in London, besides having a helping hand unselfishly outstretched in behalf of every movement or measure designed to promote the best interests of Madison county and the county seat town. Mr. Boyd is a Republican and for years has taken an active interest in the political life of the county, his efforts in behalf of good government being generally recognized throughout this part of the state. For four terms he served as treasurer of the London corporation and has been one of the most influential promoters of civic betterment. In social affairs Mr. Boyd is looked upon as one of the leaders and is an active and useful member of the influential London Club. He is a thirty-second degree member of the Masonic fraternity, being a member both of the Scottish rite and of the commandery. and is also a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, holding his membership in Aladdin Temple, at Columbus. He also is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias and in all his fraternal relations has borne his' part well. Few men in Madison county ever have inspired a larger measure of public confidence and esteem than has Robert W. Boyd, and he is held in the highest regard (34) 530 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO throughout the whole county. Diligent in business, he has prospered ; cordial in his conversation with his fellowmen, affable and obliging in all his relations in life, he holds the respect of all and is immensely popular with his associates generally. RALPH V. D. COONS. One of the most active promoters of the interests of the city of London, county seat of Madison county, is the gentleman whose name is here noted. Though having been identified with the interests of the town for less than ten years, few men there are giving more of their time and talents to the betterment of general conditions than he and since taking up his residence in London he has made a wide circle of friends throughout the county, all of whom have the utmost confidence in the sincerity of his efforts on behalf be of the common welfare. Ralph V. D. Coons was born in the city of Columbus, the capital of the proud State of Ohio, on September 6, 1872, son of Isaac N. and Agnes (Tracey) Coons. the former of whom was a native of Licking county, Ohio, and the latter of Cumberland. Maryland. Isaac N. Coons for many years was engaged in mercantile business at Columbus, he having been well known there as a dry-goods merchant, but is now living in the Isle of Pines, off the coast of Cuba, to which place he moved on January 11, 1903. and where he is successfully engaged in fruit growing. His wife died on February 11, 1910. They were the parents of five children, namely: M. D., of Marietta. Ohio; Ralph V. D. the immediate subject of this sketch; C. N., of Columbus, Ohio; one deceased, and Ray M., of the Isle of Pines. R. V. D. Coons was educated in the public schools of Columbus and his first work was performed as a messenger in the office of Bradstreet's at Columbus. he having worked there for eight months, at the end of which time he was engaged as a messenger in the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, serving in that capacity for six months. He then took employment with McCord & Kelly, grain dealers, of Columbus, and remained with that firm for nine years. He later spent five years with another grain firm in Columbus, at the end of which time he became associated with the Cohen & Spencer Lumber Company, of Columbus, remaining with that firm for five years, leaving on January 17, 1907, to go to London, this county, as manager of the Pierce Lumber Company, the largest concern of its kind in Madison county, which was organized in the year 1906. and there he has remained ever since. On August 31, 1898, Ralph V. D. Coons was united in marriage to Ella McFarland who was born near Pancake chapel, this county, a daughter of W. H. McFarland, and to this union three children have been born, all of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Coons are attendants at the Methodist church and Mr. Coons is a member of the men’s Bible class of that church. He and his wife are actively interested in the good worksof the community and are held in the highest regard therein. Mr. Coons is a Democrat and though giving due attention to the political affairs of the county, never has been included in the office-seeking class. He is a member of the Masonic order at London and is worshipful master of the lodge in that city. Mr. Coons is especially active in the business affairs of the city and was one of the organizers of the London Board of Trade; which he served as president for the year 1914. He also was one of the organizers and was the first president of the Madison County Fish and Game Protective Association and is a member and director of the London Club, serving that influential club as chairman of the house committee. He also is a mmber of the Health and Welfare League of the city of London and of the Business Men’s Credit Association. During his residence in London Mr. Coons has made a very definite place for him- MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 531 self in the business life of the city and has also in every way extended the influence of his strong personality throughout the county, he being found in the forefront in all movements designed to promote the general welfare. His straightforward manner and earnest interest in the city of his adoption have won for him the admiration and respect of all who know him and he is held in very high regard in business circles, his associates reposing in him the highest possible confidence. GEORGE CREATH. The late George Creath, a successful merchant, who was well known in Madison county and who during his entire life occupied a position of prominence in the commercial and financial circles of the city of London, was born on October 5, 1837, near Mt. Sterling. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Creath, the former of whom was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1797, and the latter of whom was born in Virginia in 1794. John Creath was the son of William and Margaret Creath, the former of whom was of Irish descent arid a pioneer in the state of Kentucky. In 1811, William Creath removed to Ohio and settled near Mt. Sterling, when his son John was a lad fourteen years old. There William Creath lived until his death. On March 25, 1823, John Creath was married to Elizabeth Robey, the daughter of Notly Robey. They had seven children. none of whom are living at the present time. The last survivor was Wiley Creath, who died some years ago. John Creath was captain of a militia for seven years. Although reared in the Presbyterian faith, he later became a member of the United• Brethren church. He died on January 15, 1881, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife died previously in December, 1873. George Creath was only one year old when his parents removed from near Mt. Sterling to Fairfield township, where they settled on a farm. There they lived for forty-three years. George left the farm at the age of twenty years and came to London, where he clerked in a general store. After working in London for a number of years, in company with his son, Murray. he purchased the store which he conducted until the time of his death. July 28, 1903. Since the death of the father, the business has been conducted by his son Murray. The store is that formerly owned by Thomas Rowlen. On November 23, 1859, George Creath was married to Josephine Murray, the daughter of Maxwell and Jane (Armstrong) Murray, the former of whom was a native of Ross county. Ohio. The complete family history of Mrs. Creath is to be found in the sketch of Clark Murray, presented elsewhere in this volume. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Creath lived for a time on Oak street, until their residence burned. They then removed to South Oak street. Still later they removed to West High street, and finally to Elm street. the present home of Mayor Burns. Mrs. George Creath died on September 24. 1908. Both Mr. and Mrs. Creath were members of the Presbyterian church at London and were strong in the faith of this denomination. Mrs. Creath's father had been one of the founders of the Presbyterian church in London. George Creath was an ardent Republican. and a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a man who, despite business cares, was devoted primarily to the interests of his home and family. He disliked to leave home under any and all circumstances. He and his wife were keenly devoted to each other, and enjoyed a most happy married life. They had six children: Carrie married Walter Arbuckle, and died at the age of fifty: Wiley died on September 29, 1880. at the age of eighteen; Herman died in infancy; Minnie J. is the wife of Lester Bidwell. referred to elsewhere in this volume; Murray. M. Is a well-known merchant of London, and is referred to elsewhere in this volume; Louise married Harry E. Barter, of Springfield. Ohio. 532 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. The Creath family has always been regarded as one of the substantial families of Madison county. They have been prominent in the various phases of the community life in the city of London and vicinity. George Creath, during his life, enjoyed the admiration of a large circle of friends. ROBERT BOYD. In making up the annals of Madison county, the historian is confronted at many points by the indisputable evidences of the permanence of the work accomplished by the late Robert Boyd, one of the leading men of his day and generation in this county. Robert Boyd was a man of high ideals and of extraordinary power of initiative, whose life touched at many angles the common life of his community and whose strong personal influence ever was directed along right channels. A resident of this county from the time he was six years of age, he grew into the very life of the commonwealth and became a powerful factor therein. Enterprising, energetic and public spirited, Mr. Boyd's rapid progress to a position of power and influence in this section of the state was but natural and the large rewards he gathered along the way were but proper guerdons of the race well won. Touching at many points the commercial, financial and industrial life of the county, he brought to all these relations the best service of his vigorous intellect, his fine courage and his rare wisdom and in whatever field his labors carried him he wrought well. Growing up on a farm in Canaan township, this county, Mr.. Boyd became one of the largest landholders and most extensive livestock dealers in the county; later entering the banking business he rose to a position of large influence in financial circles hereabout and became interested in numerous enterprises, all of which profited by his connection therewith. In his church and social relations, Mr. Boyd was equally prominent, his fine manly qualities being impressed upon all with whom he came in contact, and his death in 1905 was widely and sincerely mourned, for he was a man who had done well his part in life. Robert Boyd was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on October 9, 1824, the eldest son of James and Martha (Millikin) Boyd natives of that state, the latter of whom was the daughter of Col. James Millikin. James Boyd and his small family came to Madison county in 1830, locating on a farm in Canaan township, quickly taking their places among the leaders of the community life of that section of the county. James Boyd died at the early age of thirty-three years and his widow lived to a ripe old age, being, in her day, one of the best-known and most widely respected and influential women in her neighborhood. They were the parents of four children. Being the eldest of the children of his widowed mother, Robert Boyd early was compelled to assume a responsible position in life and thus, by the time he had reached Manhood's estate, had acquired those fine qualities of rugged independence and developed that keen sense of initiative which later in life were to stand him so well in stead. He remained on the home place, assisting his mother in the management of the farm until the time of his marriage in 1849, in which year he engaged in farming for himself, on a tract of one hundred and forty-five acres, a portion of the home farm. Here he prospered and later sold this tract, buying four hundred acres in Jefferson township, where he resided for five years, at the end of which time he left the farm and moved into the city of London. for the more convenient and advantageous prosecution of his rapidly growing live-stock interests. Even when quite young, Mr. Boyd had taken an active interest in the live-stock business and gradually developed the same until he became probably the most extensive grazier and dealer in live stock in the county, a business which he maintained with much success for many years. During this time he also extended his land holdings, until he presently became one of the largest landowners in Madison county. His interests also extended in numerous other MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 533 directions and as president for many years of the London Exchange Bank of London, he exerted an influence in general business and financial circles second to none in this community. That this influence ever was exerted in behalf of the better interests of the county and that, in all his doings, Mr. Boyd ever was prompted by a desire to further the common good, his unselfish labors thus proving. of large value to the public, is one of the best commentaries on his useful life than can be penned. He believed in his fellow men and they trusted him, few men in this county having enjoyed a larger measure of general confidence and esteem than he. On October 18, 1849, Robert Boyd was united in marriage to Caroline M. Wilson, daughter of Valentine and Nancy (Roberts) Wilson, early settlers of this county, they having come here in the year 1810, and to this union five children were born, namely Nancy. who married James W. Byers, of London, this county; Alice, who married the Hon. A. G. Carpenter, judge of the appellate court at Cleveland, Ohio; Albert W., of London; Caroline M., who married George W. Kohn, of Van Wert, Ohio, and Robert W., cashier of the London Exchange Bank of London, this county. The mother of these children died on February 21, 1900, and the father survived until February 15, 1905. Both counted their friends by legions and they were sincerely mourned, it being felt by all that their passing had created vacancies in the community life hereabout that would, indeed, be difficult to fill. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd were earnest members of the Methodist church and for many years had been among the most active workers in the congregation to which they were attached, Mr. Boyd long having been a trustee of the church, in which capacity his services were rendered with the same faithful regard to the best things that characterized all his service in this community. His was a well-filled and a useful life, and his memory long will be cherished in Madison county. MRS. MINNIE J. BIDWELL. Born in the city of London, and for a number of years prominent in the educational circles of Madison county, Mrs. Minnie J. (Creath) Bidwell was educated in the public schools of London, was graduated from the high school at the latter. place in the class of 1887 and was also a student in Wooster University, of Wooster. Ohio, and at Chicago University. Mrs. Bidwell is the fourth child born to her parents in a family of six children. Her parents were the late George and Josephine (Murray) Creath, the former of whom was born October 5, 1837, at Mt. Sterling, and who died July 28, 1903, and the latter was born November 23. 1859, the daughter of Maxwell and Jane' (Armstrong) Murray. The late George Creath was a son of John and Elizabeth Creath, natives respectively, of Kentucky and Virginia, the former being born in Bourbon county. Kentucky, in 1897, and the latter In the Old Dominion state in 1794. John Creath was a son of William and Margaret D. Creath, the former of whom was of Irish descent and a pioneer of the state of Kentucky. In 1811 William Creath emigrated to Madison county, Ohio, and settled near Mt. Sterling, where his death occurred. He married Elizabeth Robey. March 25, 1823. She was a daughter of Notly Robey. John Creath and wife were the parents of seven children, of whom Wiley. the last survivor, died several years ago John Creath died January 15, 1881, at the age of eighty-three, while his wife had passed away previously in December, 1873. He was the captain of a militia company for seven years, and although reared in the Presbyterian faith, in later years became a member of the United Brethren church. Mrs. Minnie J. (Creath) Bidwell taught twelve years in the London high school, and was principal of the high school for three years. This high school has an enrollment of one hundred and seventy-five pupils, graduating thirty-one with the class of 1915. 534 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. During the previous year a class of forty-two was graduated from the high school. Mrs. Bidwell began her career as a high school instructor about 1903, and for a number of years taught English and history. Before this she had taught first in the schools of Range township, and afterward in the city schools, where she taught all grades (except the fourth) at various times. While engaged in teaching Mrs. Bidwell was a prominent worker in teachers' insti tutes and teachers' associations, including the National Educational Association. She has also been prominent in the work of women's clubs in Madison county. She is ardently devoted to educational work, and also takes an active interest in the work o the Presbyterian church, of which she is an earnest and devoted member. Mrs. Bidwe spent the summer of 1913 touring Europe. She visited Italy, Germany, England, Sco land, Ireland and other old world countries. On September 12, 1913, just after her return from abroad, Minnie J. Creath was married to Lester J. Bidwell, and they are now residing in London. GUY UNDERWOOD. Among the prominent London attorneys is Guy Underwood, a native of this city, who has served as private secretary to a member of Congress from this district, as assistant librarian of the House of Representatives, as Washington correspondent of the Ohio State Journal, and as campaigner in behalf of the re-election of President Taft in 1912. Guy Underwood was born in London, January 3, 1867, and is the son of the late Dr. A. H. Underwood, who was born on April 21, 1836, in Brimfield, Portage county, Ohio. Dr. A. H. Underwood read medicine with Dr. A. S. Weatherby at Cardington, Ohio, in 1862, and was graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1865. He began the practice of medicine at South Charleston, and in February, 1866, came to London where he practiced his profession continuously until his death. September 2, 1890. Born in London, reared in this city where he received the rudiments of an education, having graduated from the London high school with the class of 1884, Guy Underwood has become a well-known attorney in this section of the state. He taught school for four years in Madison county, and served as deputy county clerk for four years under Frank Dun and as deputy county treasurer under John T. Vent, serving the first part of two terms. In April, 1890, Mr. Underwood was appointed bookkeeper in the sixth auditor's office of the treasury department at Washington, D. C. When George W. Wilson, of London, was elected to Congress, in 1892, he chose Mr. Underwood as his private secretary. This position. was held for a period of one term, and Mr. Underwood was appointed as assistant librarian of the House of Representatives, which position he held until 1901, a period of seven years. Mr. Underwood was Washington correspondent of the Ohio State Journel on the floor of the House of Representatives. In the meantime. he graduated from the old Columbian. now the George Washington Law School, with the class of 1896, and later took a post-graduate course in the same school. He was admitted at this time to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. After leaving Washington, Mr. Underwood began the practice of law at London. He has since practiced there, with the exception of about one year and one-half, in 1913 and 1914. when he was located at Seattle. Washington. A Republican in politics, Mr. Underwood "stumped" the state of Washington and also the state of Ohio in the second campaign of President Taft. In June, 1901. Guy Underwood was married to Alice Guy, daughter of W. H. Guy MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 535 of Pike township, Madison county, Ohio. They have one son, Guy Underwood, Jr., who is eight years old. Mr. Underwood is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and at the old Columbian University, was a member of the Greek letter society, Phi Gamma Delta. Mrs. Underwood is a member of the Episcopal church, and is prominent in the various societies and activities of this church. CHARLES SHERWOOD. The words "London, Ohio," with the trade-mark wreath in gold is the only advertisement on the end of the "London" copper-finished vault. This trade-mark is viewed by thousands every day at interments in every part of the United States. And so it is a fact that the "London" vault advertises Madison county. This vault is a London invention. Several years ago Charles Sherwood conceived the idea of an ornamented vault. Up to that time grave vaults had been strictly utilitarian, made for use and, while there were a number that were made which were satisfactory. Mr. Sherwood felt that this article (used at a time of great tension) should be more than a mere steel rough box. So, after designing an especially effective lock and other mechanical features, he drew the original plans and took out patents on the device practically as it is made now. The finished article, as made by the London Grave Vault Company, is conceded even by competitors to be the most beautiful and satisfactory article of its kind on the market. So that in this instance, as well as in others, London, Ohio, stands for "first grade." The vault was developed, in its entirety in London by the best grade of designing talent that could be secured. It is first class in every particular as is the concern which makes it. As the general manager of this concern, Mr. Sherwood is doing his share toward placing London as a high-grade manufacturing center. The carefully prepared, literature of the company goes to all parts of the United States, and the company has customers now in forty of the states. As the "London" vault is favorably known locally, it is scarcely necessary to refer to the beauty of the design, and to the security which it gives, not only from grave robbery, but from water in the grave. Many Madison county citizens have felt and appreciated the relief which this excellent device has given them at the one moment when any relief is so acceptable. This relief is not only due to the positive assurance of protection, but also to the beauty which this device lends to the last moment at the grave side. The time has passed when those who are left are called on to suffer from the thought that the remains of their beloved repose in a water-filled grave. The time is also passed when those who are left will remember only the crude rough-box that covered the casket. For the beauty of the "London" vault, with its positive assurance of safety, has eliminated all of this. If the "London" vault were a common-place steel box, as are all of the other vaults, while London might be proud of the success of the institution making such a vault, it would not have the satisfaction that it now has. For the "London" grave vault, in its beautiful copper finish and with its well-designed and massive bronze rests, is a thing of beauty. It. stands in the first class. .Mr. Sherwood's credit lies in the conception and execution of an article that is far in advance of anything of the kind that has ever been manufactured. And London and Madison county are benefiting by this commercial and artistic idea properly put into execution. The London Grave Vault Company is well worth a visit and any who are interested ore always welcome to the factory, which is on the Big Four track west of Maple street. 536 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. It occupies two and one-half acres of ground, and the building is of brick and steel construction. The company does an annual business of one hundred thousand dollars and it is certain that this will be increased many fold in the next few years. MICHAEL S. MURRAY. That there are enormous differences in the casual power exerted by different mi depending on their place of vantage in the social system, is, of course, true. Most merely echo the prevailing opinion or swell the general tide of passion. Even so, such men in the aggregate give to opinion its tendency to prevail, and to passion its tidal and overwhelming power. But the contribution of a single member of the mass is not comparable with that of the individual who occupies a place of prominence or authority. Such a mind operates at a source, coloring all that springs from it, or at a crucial point, where every slight deflection is enormously magnified in the consequence. There are not a few such men of initiative in Madison county, one of the best known of whom is Michael S. Murray, the subject of this interesting biographical review, one of the most prominent and influential personages in this section of Ohio. Michael S. Murray was born on a farm in Stokes township, this county, on January 1, 1856, son of Martin and Bridget (Roddy) Murray, both natives of County Mayo, Ireland, the former of whom was born near Castlebar, the chief town of Mayo, and the latter near the town of Ballina. Martin Murray emigrated to America in 1847, locating at Springfield, this state, near which city he engaged in farming. In July 1853, Martin Murray was united in marriage to Bridget Roddy, who had come to America in 1850, locating also at Springfield. In 1854, they came to Madison county, locating on a farm near the village of Solon, in Stokes township, where they remained until the year 1860, at which time they removed. to a farm near Jeffersonville, in Fayette county. In 1866, they moved to the farm in Union township, Madison county, where they lived until 1892, in which year they retired from the farm and moved in into the city of London, where their last days were spent, Mrs. Murray's death occuring in March, 1910, and Mr. Murray dying in December, 1911. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are still living; the others, besides the subject of this sketch, being John, of West Jefferson, this county; James, Martin, Mary and Margaret, of Columbus. this state,. and Katherine, who is a nun in a convent in Kentucky. Michael S. Murray was reared on the paternal farm, receiving his elementary education in the common schools of his home township. which was supplemented by a course in a select school at Springfield and at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. For several years then he taught school in this county, meantime reading law and in 1884 was admitted to practice law at the bar of the Madison circuit court in which year he moved to London, the county seat, which ever since has been his home. For more than twenty years Mr. Murray practiced law alone; in January, 1904, he formed his present effective and mutually agreeable partnership with P. R. Emery. From the very start Mr. Murray has occupied a prominent position at the bar of the Madison county courts and at the bars of the courts of adjacent counties and few lawyers in this section of the state have a wider reputation than he. Vigorous, forceful, a master of the law, skilled in practice and possessed of a singularly engaging personality, Mr. Murray has made for himself a name to conjure with in the courts of this district and he possesses the utmost confidence and the highest respect of bench and bar alike. The firm of Murray & Emery has charge of the legal business of many important interests in Madison and adjoining counties, to all of which the most careful attention is given, among the firm's clients being the Madison National Bank and the extensive Houstonian interests. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 537 On November 22, 1881, Michael S. Murray was united in marriage to Anna Gallagher, of South Charleston, Clark county, this state, to which union three children have been born, namely: Mayme, who is at home with her parents; Frank J., who is probate judge of Madison county, and John Emmet, an attorney of Chehalis, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Murray are members of the Catholic church and their children have been reared in that faith. They are earnestly interested in the good works of their home city and are held in the highest esteem by the entire community, their many fine qualities, both of head and heart, attracting to them a large circle of very warm friends. Mr. Murray is a Democrat and his voice for years has been an influential one in the deliberations of the: party managers of this district. He never has held office, though he was candidate, in 1908, for judge of the common pleas court of this district. Though he carried his own county and two others of the five counties in the district, he was defeated, the Republican "land slide" in the two counties that went against him being sufficient to turn the tide of popular favor against him. Mr. Murray is an active, energetic, public-spirited citizen and for many years has been regarded as one of the foremost leaders in the business and professional life of this section. He is a director in the London Exchange Bank and also holds other important connections,, his position in business and financial circles being as firmly established as is his exalted position in legal circles. SAMUEL S. VAN CLEVE. One of the flourishing industries of Madison county, Ohio, is the Madison Tile Company, located between the Pennsylvania and the Big Four railroad tracks in the city of London, In 1896 the firm was established as the Van Cleve Brothers. The company now owns about seventy acres of fine clay and makes tile from four to twenty-four. inches in diameter, having a capacity of six hundred carloads annually and employing about twenty-five men and six teams for delivering farm drain tile. The business has been growing for many years, the output in 1914 having been the largest in the history of the business. Within recent years, the capacity has been increased on several occasions. This business was started in a small way, but the capital has been increased from time to time, growing to its present large proportions. Samuel S. Van Cleve, who has had charge of this plant for some time, formerly operated a plant at Big Plain, in Madison county; and has been in the tile business in this county for twenty-five years. He had learned all of the details of manufacturing tile at the age of eighteen. Mr. Van Cleve was born in Madison county, three miles west of London in Union township. August 15, 1866. He is the son of B. T. and Amanda Van Cleve, of Dayton, who came to Madison county in 1865, and who engaged in farming near Lilly Chapel in Fairfield township. Both died in this county. In 1892 Samuel S. Van Cleve was married to Minnie Higgins, the daughter of Dr. C. W. Higgins, of Derby, Pickaway county, Ohio. Mrs. Van Cleve was born in Madison county. Her father was a successful physician at Big Plain for many years and one of the best-known men in this section of Ohio. He died at Derby, while engaged in the grain business and in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Van Cleve have been the parents of two children. Jane and Charles, both of whom live at home. C. B. Van Cleve, one of the Van Cleve brothers, has been engaged in the manufacture of tile at different places in Ohio for the past thirty years or more. He is known as one of the most successful tile men in this state. Another brother, Simpson Van Cleve, of West Mansfield, Ohio, is engaged in the manufacture of tile at Ada. West Mansfield and Marysville. He is one of the best-known tile manufacturers in Ohio at this time 538 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO and it is his son, Harry, who is a member of the firm, the Madison Tile Company at London. Still another brother, J. W. Van Cleve, is also engaged in the manufactures of tile and was in partnership with S. S. Van Cleve until his death in March, 1913, after twenty-three years continuous experience in the tile business. The Madison Tile Company has a business which extends all over Madison county and all over this section of Ohio. They take contracts from county commissioner and some of these contracts amount to several thousand dollars. In fact, the manufacture of tile under contract is one of the principle businesses of the Madison Tile Company. THE ROWLAND FAMILY. In a plot of ground a little way from Mt. Sterling, Monroe township, Pickaway county, Ohio, are the graves of three generations of distinguished men. Distinguished they were for love of country and love of liberty, .a rich legacy to bequeath to their children and their children's children. John Rowland, the first of the name in the new country, was a soldier in the War of Independence, the record of his services being on file in the archives of Mt. Sterling chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. As has been written of him: “A young man of thirty-one at the time of the birth of the republic, he helped to rock the cradle and then participated in the life of the republic through its infant struggles, its vigorous youth and its matured manhood." John Rowland came to Ohio in a wagon from the state of Delaware in 1811 and bought a farm in Monroe township. Pickaway county, where he spent the rest of his life and was. buried, his death occurring March 18, 1850, at the great age of one hundred and five years and seven mon Mary Osborne, wife of John Rowland, died on February 26, 1858, aged one hun and three years, and is buried by his side. Samuel Rowland, the eldest of the eight children of John and Mary (Osborne) Rowland, born on May 4, 1792, is the second soldier to be buried in the hallowed spot above referred to. He served in the War of 1812, receiving for his services a land warrant which he later sold in Circleville. About the year 1824 Samuel Rowland married Rebecca Dyer, a native of Virginia, a young woman of beauty and spirit, who came on horseback with a party of pioneers from Harper's Ferry, bringing with her small sister and .a young negro, her father having been a slaveholder. She was proud of her soldier husband and displayed for many years on the wall of their cabin his army cap, sword and musket. She died on September 2, 1872, aged eighty years and five months, and is buried in the Rowland cemetery. The third soldier to be buried there is Samuel. Rowland, Jr., third son of Samuel and Rebecca (Dyer) Rowland. While serving as first lieutenant of Company E, One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he fell a victim of fever and died at Youngs Point, Louisiana, February 15, 1863, aged thirty-five years. Elza Rowland, eldest son of Samuel and Rebecca Rowland, was born in Monroe township. Pickaway county; April 8, 1826. A young man of studious habits, by dilligentance application he acquired considerable education, being proficient especially in mathematics, and he readily passed the required examinations and for some years taught school. He had some knowledge of legal forms, such as agreements, leases and contracts, and his services were in frequent demand. As Squire Rowland, he was a peace maker and .arbiter in all the neighborhood differences, and the marriage ceremony also was within his province. Being of a cheerful, genial disposition the squire was always a welcome guest at the social gatherings of his people and the sick and the needy ever were subjects of his personal ministration. Squire Rowland was chiefly engaged in farming and stock raising, his pride in this pursuit for years having led him to be an unfail- MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 539 ing exhibitor and patron at the county fairs, which in an earlier time, were the great annual visiting seasons of the farmer. He bought and sold live stock, and for a number of years was perhaps the largest shipper to the Eastern markets in Ohio. At this writing, in his eighty-ninth year, he lives in his own home in Mt. Sterling, near the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. Wesley Beale, his only surviving child. With his great height, a family mark, and kindly dignity, he has a truly patriarchal appearance. For some years his birthdays have been occasions of general interest in. the community in which he lives surrounded by the affectionate respect of many friends and greatly beloved by the children. On October 2, 1846, Elza Rowland was married to Mariah Jane Thomas, a beautiful girl in her eighteenth year. Of gentle birth and exquisite breeding, she graced and dignified the cabin home. Like the Rowland family, of whom they were neighbors, the Thomases were pioneers, Jane Thomas's grandparents, Jeremiah and Ellen (Norris) Thomas, having come to Ohio from Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1807. Her great-grandfather, Jeremiah, a soldier in the patriot army during the War of the Revolution, is buried at Harper's Ferry. His wife, Mary, came to Ohio with her family after his death and is buried in the Thomas burial ground on the banks of Clarks run not far from Mt. Sterling. The family records, which are filed with the Carnegie library at Mt. Sterling, show the family to be descended from Thomas Thomas, a native of Wales, who emigrated with his family to a plantation near Baltimore, Maryland, early in the seventeenth century. From 1651 until 1656 he was high commissioner of the provincial court. One hundred acres and the cabin built of logs was a marriage gift to Jane Thomas and Elza Rowland from her father and mother, John and Abigail (Van Buskirk) Thomas, and was located on a corner of their lands. Describing her early surroundings with loving remembrance in after years, Mrs. Rowland often was wont to relate that in going back and forth to her father's house, a daily occurrence to which she confessed with smiling apology, she followed a "blazed trail" through the wilderness. The trials and hardships incident to a new country were to her but pleasant duties; so, throughout her life responsibilities were assumed and disasters met with unflinching courage. Her world was bounded by home and children, and the death of three children. grown to manhood and womanhood, overwhelmed her with grief and shadowed her remaining years. She died at her home in Mt. Sterling on May 29, 1905, aged seventy-five years, ten months. The family were of the faith of the Christian church and gave generously to its support. In times of health they were regular in attendance at the services. Caroline, daughter of Elza and Jane (Thomas) Rowland, was born on November 26. 1548, and was educated in the public schools and the Zenia Seminary. She had a decided talent for music, and while her opportunity for study was not great, her taste and appreciation have ever been a source of pleasure to herself and her friends. Her life is the not uncommon one filled with domestic routine and her devotion to her aged father is a beautiful feature of her daily concern. It may be truly written of her, "she was her mother's daughter." On July 23, 1868, Caroline Rowland was married. at the family home on the Chillicothe road, near Mt. Sterling, to J. Wesley Beale, and lives in Mt. Sterling. A gracious Providence was generous in her gifts to Perry C. Rowland. the eldest son of Elza and Jane (Thomas) Rowland. A man of commanding presence, of quiet reserve and dignity, he lived a life of activity amid exciting events. While claiming Ohio as his native state, the greater part of his business career was lived in Pittsburgh, that city of eternal hurry. To have lived in those stirring times when panics and industrial strikes were the rule rather than the exception, and to have weathered 540 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO the storm in a business fraught with many interests, required alertness, a well-balanced mind and keen insight into business conditions. Kindly and generous to a fault, Perry C. Rowland viewed life and success by what use was made of it, and many times his was the helpful hand which intervened when misfortune threatened some friend of associate. Especially was he interested in the boys and young men in the office, counseling them in matters relating to the value of education, in more than one instance giving them opportunity for college study when some special talent seemed to justify it. Mr. Rowland had a sincere interest and kindly supervision over the young men from "back home," who sought him in the city in pursuit of education or employment. Perry C. Rowland's business career covered a period of thirty years, in which he was engaged as a commission merchant in Ft. Wayne and in Indianapolis, Indiana, and for twenty years in the Pittsburgh-Central stockyards. It was during this latter period that he acquired lands in Ohio and became actively engaged in farming. Perry Rowland's boyhood was spent in and around Mt. Sterling, this county, where he attended the district school, getting whatever education the opportunity offered. He entered college at Merom, Indiana, and completed the college course at Lebanon, Ohio. For a time he studied law, but financial reverses occurring in his father's affairs, he abandoned this chosen profession for a business career. He was born on June 3, 1851, near Five Points, Pickaway county, this state, and was married to May Morgridge, at Indianapolis, Indiana, on October 16, 1880. He died on October 14, 1901, at the Hotel Rider, Cambrdige Springs, Pennsylvania, and is buried in the Morgridge burial ground at Plain City, this county. His widow and two children, a daughter, Jane, and a son, Hoyt, survive him, living at "Homewood," London, this county. Mrs. May (Morgridge) Rowland, widow of Perry O. Rowland, is the fourth daughter and fourth child of J. Bailey and Harriet Hoyt (Tuttle) Morgridge, a family whose history has been closely identified with that of Madison county for a hundred years. She was born and reared at "Hickory Grove Farm," the Morgridge homestead, and her childhood days were filled to overflowing with small pleasures, derived from an outdoor life. To that life she attributes her splendid health, she never having been ill for a day in more than half a century. It is with a feeling of gratitude and fervent prayer that this is recorded. May Morgridge received the usual benefits from attending the country school, and at the age of ten entered the public school at Marysville, Ohio. She later became a pupil at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, this state, and still later, a student at Buchtel College, Akron, entering there the second year after the founding of that institution. Referring again to her country school days, a word should be written regarding two school districts on the Darby Plains, one known as the Lombard school and the adjoining district known as the Worthington school. For several years these little local schools were examples of higher education through the efforts of the efficient student-teachers from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. A Mr. Ward, who married Miss Alden, of Mechanicsburg. should be mentioned as the first university student-teacher in the Lombard district. It is more than forty years since then, but his "story-telling hour" still lives in the memory of a generation that has passed the meridian of life. A Mr. Carpenter, who married Miss Boyd, of London, was another university student-teacher, who is remembered as a pioneer in tree-planting; the school yard in the Worthington district being today a beautiful example of his work. He put enthusiasm into his advocacy of the outdoor life and was the idol of the school boys. After her marriage, though going directly from the country to the city. Mrs. Rowland, in a measure, continued the outdoor life. Life there was exceedingly pleasant. As a concession to Madison county antecedents, a spirited horse was always at the beck MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 541 of her pleasure, with which more fully to enjoy the beautiful parks and miles of splendid boulevards in Pittsburgh. The city offered many attractions, notably the Carnegie library, built of white marble and stone and erected, far from the heart of the city, in that fine park which is the gift of the beneficent Mrs. Schenley and a monument forever to the generosity of woman. The library building, with its great collection of books, contains also a museum, a notable art gallery, a music hall, with a wonderful organ played by an equally wonderful organist, all "Free to the People." Then there were the great plays and players, not quite so free, perhaps, but one does not connt the cost to hear Adelina Patti or Christine Nilsson or to see Edwin Booth, John McCullough, Irving, Miss Terry, Madame Bernhardt and many others equally entertaining. With the passing of the fleeting years, interest in 'former things lessens; domestic duties are less exacting; there are new interests and new work. Mrs. Rowland is a member of the various progressive organizations in the community—a member of the Madison County Farmers' Club, a charter member of the Mt. Sterling chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, and a charter member of the London chapter of the same patriotic society, having served as regent and as a member of the state regents' council for the year 1912-13. She is a member of and has served as president of the Woman's Club of London, an organization which has her heartiest co-operation in the splendid work it is doing. Through the initiative and energy of these representative women, a Carnegie library was brought to London, and the public school grounds were permanently beautified and made the peer of any in Ohio. The inspiration for the first municipal Christmas celebration emanated from the Woman's Club, and the tree itself came from the ounds of "Homewood." In times of public calamity and of private misfortune, the oman's Club has ever been one of the many channels through which the prosperity and good will of this garden spot, Madison county, flow to less favored communities. Underlying all and dominating a busy life. Mrs. Rowland finds her deepest satisfaction and benefit in her lifelong membership in the Episcopal church. She and her daughter, Jane, and son, Hoyt, are communicants of Trinity church, London, and are deeply interested in the various beneficences of that parish. W. E. LUKENS. The important advances made in the undertaking business in recent years have completely revolutionized many of the basic details of that business, and the equipment required to be carried in stock by the modern funeral director is far different from that of a generation ago. In the well-equipped and up-to-date undertaking establishment of W. E. Lukens, at London, this county, there is carried not only an auto funeral car, the only one in London and the first of the kind brought to Madison county, but an auto ambulance, which also is the only one of the kind in the county. In every other respect Mr. Lukens is up-to-date in his manner of conducting his business, and in connection with his place there is an admirably-fitted funeral chapel, while his horse equipment leaves nothing to be desired for the proper conduct of funerals. Mr. Lukens is a first-class undertaker and Is an active and influential member of the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association of Ohio. W. E. Lukens was born on a farm in Franklin county, Ohio, on November 16, 1883. the only son of G. K. and Mary (Moore) Lukens, both natives of that county, who moved to Madison county when their son was six years of age, buying a farm in the Lilly Chapel neighborhood, where they now live. They have one other child, a daughter, Elta, who is with them on the home farm. After finishing the course in the schools at Big Plain, In this county. W. E. Luken spent two years on the home farm, assisting his father in the operation of the 542 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO same, and then went to Columbus, this state, where he entered the undertaking estabishment of Pletcher-Brown Company, where he remained for one year, at the end of which time he went to Springfield, this state, where he acquired further valuable experience in the undertaking business in the establishment of C. F. Jackson, in which he owned one-half interest. After which he returned to this county and located at London, where he bought the undertaking parlors of G. W. Lewis and has since been very successfully engaged in this business, having one of the best-equipped establishments of this kind in central Ohio. On November 7, 1907, W. E. Lukens was united in marriage to May Van Horn, of Big Plain. this county, and to this union. one child has been born, a daughter, Margaret. Mr. and .Mrs. Lukens are members of the Methodist church, Mr. Lukens being connected with the official board of the same. for two years being financial secretary, and are earnestly interested in various movements for the advancement of all good causes hereabout, their many friends holding them in the very highest regard. W. E. Lukens is a Republican and takes a prominent part in the political affairs of the county. He is now serving his second term as coroner of Madison county. He is an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being treasure of Madison Lodge No. 70, of that order, and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias the Modern Woodmen and the Junior Order of United Mechanics. in all of which orders he is very popular, enjoying the fullest confidence and respect of his associaes. Public spirited, enterprising and energetic. Mr. Lukens is held in high regard in London's business circles, while throughout the whole community his excellent service during hours of bereavement has the indorsement of the very best people in the county. HARRY C. HAMES. The Thomas & Armstrong Company, of which Harry C. Mimes is superintendent is one of the thriving young industrial enterprises of London and Madison county. Harry C. Hames was born on May 25, 1857, at Columbus. He learned the sheet metal trade at Delaware, Ohio, where he remained for six years mastering every detail of the trade. During the first six months of his apprenticeship at this trade. he receivied nothing; during the second six months, only two dollars a 'month. For a number of years thereafter, his wages were doubled every six months. After he had thoroughly learned his trade, Mr. Hames worked for theAllCeighley Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; the Berger Manufacturing Company. of Canton, Ohio, and for F. O. Schoedinger of Columbus, Ohio. At the plant of the Berger Manufacturing Company, Mr. Hames worked as a pattern-cutter and as superintendent. After having served as superintendent of the plant owned by F. O. Schoedinger for twenty years, Mr. Hames moved to London, this county, in 1911 and helped to organize the Ohio Specialty Company, which originally had a plant at Columbus, which was moved to London. After the plant at London had been opened, Mr. Hames became secretary of the company. For twenty years. Mr. Hames had known Mr. Armstrong of the Thomas & Armstrong Company and when Mr. Armstrong sought to reorganize his concern, then a mere tin shop, housed in a building twenty-one by twenty-six feet and confined to the manufacture of roofing, spouting, etc. Mr. Hames was brought into the concern. The company was reorganized and recaptalized and, Mr. Hames took. stock in the plant. After starting in a room, twenty-one by twenty-six feet, sixteen hundred and thirty-eight square feet were added and then another room, eighty-nine by seventy-four and one-half feet, two stories high, with a total of eight thousand seven hundred and ninety square feet. About this time the plant was put on a real manufacturing basis and some twenty men employed. In two years the company was compelled to enlarge its plant and since that time, has added a two MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 543 story building, sixty by sixty feet, with a total floor space of seventy-two hundred square feet and a one-story shed for a paint shop with a floor space of thirty-five hundred square feet. Altogether the company now occupies fifty-eight thousand, five hundred square feet of floor space and about forty men are employed. Thomas & Armstrong Company has taken a lease on other lands for exhibition purposes. It now requires a working capital of' seventy-five thousand dollars: In 1914 the company did a business of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, twice that of its capital stock. Mr. Hames, personally, has taken out a patent on three devices manufactured by the company. Among the well-known "Buckeye" products of the Thomas & Armstrong Company, of London, are the round-steel tanks, round-end oblong troughs, square-end tanks, galvanized cookers and water heaters, heavy steel cookers and water heaters, sheep-dipping tanks, hog scalders, cast-iron, tank heaters, galvanized tank, heaters, gasoline and oil buckets, feed or water troughs, mortar boxes, oil and gasoline tanks, hog-dipping tanks, poultry fountains, poultry troughs, rural free-delivery mail boxes, ash and garbage cans, chimney tops, galvanized round brood-coops and square brood-coops. In an announcement issued by the company, the following statements are made: "We have been actively engaged in the sheet-metal-working trades for over twenty-five years. Extending over such a great length' of time, few concerns can boast of a broader or more thorough experience than we have had. It has always been our policy, as our customers will testify, to handle only goods of best quality and to give full value for the money, always realizing that. this is the only basis upon which a substantial business can be built. We have tried to make our products of honest materials and in an honest way, the very best we knew how. With this policy continually before us, we have gradually built up a large trade. extending from one end of the country to the other. Our new shops are equipped with the most modern machinery and we have adopted every modern method of approved value, so that we may be able to give the very best of service to our customers. This also serves as an assurance that our prices are the lowest possible, consistent with good workmanship and materials." One of the leading products of the Thomas & Armstrong Company is silo equipments, which are shipped to silo manufacturers and to jobbers in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and the far West. Harry C. Hams, superintendent of this plant, was married to Mrs. Abbie Perie, of Columbus. whose son, Clarence Knull, is employed by the Thomas & Armstrong Company. Mr. and Mrs. Homes have no children. HENRY D. FOLMER. Alfalfa, a farm product to which the subject of this sketch has devoted his special attention, and on which he has published a book, has been claiming the interest of northern and western agriculturists for many years, and is now coming into its own in the eastern states. although it is still in its infancy there. It is to the man who makes a study of the business in which he is engaged, who is entitled to praise as being progressive. and being satisfied with nothing but the best in return for his efforts and labor. Henry D. Folmer, farmer, West Jefferson, Madison county. was born on June 18, 1852. at Janesville, Wisconsin, and is a son. of George and Sophronin (Thrasher) Folmer. His education was obtained in the district schools and he began teaching at the age of twenty-three years in Franklin and Madison counties, after which he decided to follow agriculture, and settled down to the care. of a farm. His attention was attracted to the subject of alfalfa, of which he made a special study, and became such an authority on the production that he wrote a book on the subject, which has been well received. 544 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Folmer is the proprietor of the "Wildwood Farm," one hundred and forty acres locate about four and one-half miles northeast of West Jefferson, on the East pike. Politically, he is not bound to any particular party, casting his vote according to the man who best pleases his views. His church membership is with the Universalist church, and he takes a great interest in the grange, of which he is a member. George Poimer, father of Henry D. Folmer; was a pioneer settler on a farm at Janesville, Rock county, Wisconsin, but was a native of Pennsylvania and of German lineage, his parents having emigrated from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania. His wife was Sophronia (Thrasher) Folmer. Henry D. Folmer, at the age of three years, came with his parents to Madison county and settled on his present farm, though just previously they had traveled through several states before locating in Madison county. George and Sophronia (Thrasher) Folmer were the parents of two children. Henry D. and Salmon Paul. the latter of whom was born on May 9, 1855, and died on February 21, 1900. He lived in West Jefferson until twenty-one years of age, and then began teaching school, after which he took a course in medicine and was graduated from the Cincinnati Medical .College. He practiced medicine at West Jefferson, this county, and died at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Henry D. Folmer was united in marriage, October 16, 1884, with Alvin Jones. daughter of Richard Jones, Franklin county, Ohio. Mrs. Folmer was born on July 15, 1849 in Licking county, Ohio. No children have been born to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Folmer are extremely agreeable people, extending their kindness and courtesy to all, and are well liked throughout the community in which they reside. Mrs. Folmer is a member of the Baptist church. H. M. CHANEY, D. D. S. Few men in public life in Madison county have been more active in the civic affairs of the county seat and in the affairs of the county generally than Doctor Chaney, present auditor of the county. For nine years Doctor Chaney was treasurer of the corporation of London, the county seat. He then was elected mayor of the city and before his term of office as chief executive of the city had expired he was elected to the office of county auditor, administering the duties of that important office so satisfactorily to the public at large that he was re-elected and is now serving his second term. Doctor Chaney also has given much attention to the business affairs of the city and was the first secretary of the London Board of Trade, filling that position for three successive terms. f He is interested in numerous enterprises of considerable importance in the commercial and industrial life of the community and ranks very high as a public-spirited, enterprising and energetic citizen, who holds the best interests of his home city and county very dearly at heart. In whatever station the public has called Doctor Chaney to service he has done well his part, and it is not too much to say that no man in the community commands in a higher measure the confidence and esteem of all the people than he. H. M. Chaney was born on a farm in Highland county, Ohio, on January 2, 1872, son of John and Mary (Holmes) Chaney, both natives of the state of New Jersey, who were the parents of five children. those surviving, besides the subject of this sketch, being N. H. Chaney, superintendent of schools at Youngstown, Ohio; Jacob H. Chaney, a farmer living near York, Nebraska, and Mrs. Cora Chaney, of Ashland, Kansas. John Chaney left New Jersey when a young man and came West, locating in Highland county, this state, where he spent the rest of his life engaged in farming, his death occurring about thirty-four years ago. His widow survived him many years, her death not occurring until 1912. Reared on the paternal farm in Highland county, H. M. Chaney received his ele- MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 545 mentary education in the district schools of his home neighborhood and in the public schools of Washington C. H., in Fayette county, his brother having at that time been superintendent of the city schools at the latter place. Upon completing his common-school education, he entered Ohio Dental College, at Cincinnati, from which institution he was graduated in 1892. For two years after receiving his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doctor Chaney maintained an office for the practice of his profession in Cincinnati and at the end of that time, in 1894, moved to London, this county, and formed a partnership for the practice of dentistry with Dr. Joseph Chance. This partnership continued for five or six years, at the end of which time Doctor Chaney opened an office of his own and continued thus to practice alone until about eight years :Igo, when he formed his present mutually agreeable partnership with Dr. F. E. Noland. From the time of his entrance upon the stage of action in London, Doctor Chaney has given of the very best of himself to the advancement of the best interests of the city and early began to make the force of his engaging personality manifest in the affairs of the county seat. In 1897, three years after his arrival in the city, he was elected treasurer of London corporation and served in that capacity until 1906, a period of nine years. In 1909. he was elected mayor of the city and was making one of the best and most popular chief executives London ever had when he was elected, in the fail of 1910, to the office of county auditor and resigned his position of mayor, after a service of one year and nine months, to enter upon the duties of the auditor's office. So satisfactorily did he discharge the duties of this important office that he was re-elected in 1912 and is now serving on his second term. On June 19, 1895, Dr. H. M. Chaney was united in marriage to Jeanette Squires, (laughter of W. S. and Ellen (Smith) Squires. of London, this county, and to this union three children have been born, Katherine, Robert Lee and Amelia. Dr. and Mrs. Chaney are devoted members of the Methodist church and take a warm interest in the various departments of that church's good works, their children being reared in that faith. Doctor Chaney is a Republican and ever since his arrival in Madison county has taken an active part in the political affairs of this section. His intelligent grasp of public questions and comprehensive knowledge of local affairs early commanded the attention of the party managers and his counsels proved valuable in their deliberations, he soon being given a seat in their councils which he ever since has retained, and is at present serving very effectively as secretary of the executive committee of the party in this county. Doctor Chaney is a Mason, a member of the Knights of Pythias and a member of the Ohio State Dental Association He has given close study to local business conditions and has taken an active part in all measures designed to advance the best interests of the community. Upon the organization of the London Board of Trade he was elected secretary of the same and served in that capacity for three consecutive years, or until that new and useful agency for the promotion of the city's business interests was well on its feet. He is a director of the Citizens Loan and Savings Association and for several years has been vice-president of that well-established institution. Doctor Chaney also is a director of the London Grave Vault Company ; secretary-treasurer of the Buckeye Dryer Company and a director of the Trimble Paving Brick Company, of Dayton, Ohio. Diligent in his own business, Doctor Chaney also has been faithful in the discharge of the numerous duties which the public has imposed upon him and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the entire community, there being few persons in public life hereabout who are held in higher regard than he, even though he has been a resident of the county but a little more than a bare decade. (35) 546 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO SAMUEL P. TRUMPER. It is the progressive, wide-awake man of affairs who makes the real history of a community, His influence as a potential factor in the body politic is difficult to estimate. The .examples that such men furnish of patience, purpose and steadfast integrity illustrate what is within the power of each to . accomplish. There is always a measure of satisfaction. in referring, even in a casual way, to their achievements. The venerable Samuel P. Trumper, a retired .citizen of, London, Ohio, is a man who has lived a life of a good citizen, especially in rearing his family and providing them with every educational advantage possible during the time in which they lived. Samuel P. Trumper was born on May 10, 1838, in Fayette county, Ohio, and is the son of Lewis and Marjorie. (Boggs) Trumper, natives of New York and Ohio respectively. Marjorie (Boggs) Trumper was the daughter of pioneer parents, who came from the Keystone state. Lewis and Marjorie (Boggs) Trumper were married in Ohio. He was a farmer by occupation, and died after attaining the age of eighty-two years. His widow survived him. and lived to be ninety-five years old. Both died at Bloomingburg, in Fayette county. Of their four sons and two daughters, Samuel P. Trumper is the only surviving child. One of the sons, William, was a teacher for many years in Madison county, Ohio, but became a blacksmith at Newport, where he lived ten years. He died in Fayette county, Ohio. Another son, Joseph, was a carpenter by trade. Hiram L. was a teacher, and was employed in Madison and Fayette counties. One of the daughters died unmarried at the age of more than eighty years. The other was married and. died at Van Wert, Ohio. Samuel P. Trumper was reared on the farm and educated in the district schools of the Buckeye state, which he attended in the winter. He began teaching before he was twenty-one years old in the district schools, and was engaged in this profession for about ten years in Fayette and Madison counties, Ohio. In the meantime, he took a commercial course and completed it. After coming to Madison county, he was employed during the summer as a farmer and during the winter as .a teacher. In 18S0. Mr. Trumper came to London, Ohio. During the Civil War, Samuel P. Trumper had enlisted in. Company C. Sixtieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in West Virginia principally but was captured at Harper's Ferry, and, after his parole, sent to Chicago. During his service as a soldier, he rose from the ranks as a private to second lieutenant, and was discharged as a second lieutenant. For a time, he had command of Company C, Sixtieth Ohio. at Harper's Ferry. Mr. Trumper is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is past commander o Lyon's Post. at London. For many years he has made it a habit to attend the national encampment. of the Grand Army of the Republic. Having been elected to the office of county recorder in the fall of 1880, Mr. Trumper came to London on January 1, 1881, and served four successive terms in this office of three years each. He was elected each time as a Republican. . During his tenure he adopted the Campbell improved system of indexing. Later, he was for four years deputy county treasurer under Benjamin Emery. Since that time, he has not been employed in any county office. He has served for two terms, however, as a member of the London council. He also served seven years as a justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Trumper were married in Fayette county. Mrs. Trumper, before her marriage. was Maria Louisa Hidy, a native of Fayette county, Of their children, Frank, who is a graduate of the London high school, was for several years a teacher in Madison county. He is now, however,. the manager of an automobile company at Louisville, Kentucky. May, who graduated from the Granville Female College, is also a teacher by profession. Formerly, she was principal of the high school at Kalispell, Montana. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 547 She was also county superintendent eight years at Kalispell, Montana, but is now a student at the University of California, located' at Berkeley. Minnie, the widow of Dr. S. A. Noland, of London, is a graduate of the Granville Female College and is a teacher in the public schools at London. Samuel, from the time he was a small boy, has been employed by the American Tobacco Company at Louisville, Columbus, Indianapolis and New York City. Still later, he was employed by the British-American Tobacco Company, and during the past three years has been located in the home office of the British-American Tobacco Company in London, England. He has been sent twice by his firm to China and other countries in the interests of the business. Bessie, the youngest child, is a graduate of Dennison University, and is a teacher in. the primary grade at London. Two of Mr. Trumper's daughters hold life certificates as teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Trumper have given their children every educational opportunity. He is ever alive to the opportunities of the future, and, from any point of view, must be regarded as one of the best citizens of Madison county. WILLIAM E. FITZGERALD Mature judgment after long association has formed the basis of public sentiment in favor of William. E. Fitzgerald, one of the prosperous farmers of Canaan township, and one whose abilities are recognized by his fellow citizens. His experience in farm life has been devoted to the practical study of scientific agriculture, and every advantageous point in that direction has been made use of the result of which hag been a gratifying success. William E. Fitzgerald, farmer, West Jefferson. Madison county, was born on April 27. 1882, in Gillivan, Ohio, and is at son of David D. and Johanna (Daley) Fitzgerald, of Irish lineage. He was educated in the public schools and remained at home until he went into business for himself in West Jefferson, from which place he moved to Grove City, finally locating at his present residence. Mr. Fitzgerald's home place is located about five miles north of West Jefferson, and is known as the "White Oak Farm." Politically, he is a strong believer in the principles of the Democratic party, and has always felt a deep interest in the. progress of his township. In religion, he is a devout member of the Catholic church at West Jefferson. He divides his time between general farming and the raising of pure bred Duroc-Jersey hogs,_ some of which are highly pedigreed. David D. and Johanna (Daley) Fitzgerald, were both born in County Cork, Ireland. 'Mrs. Fitzgerald came to America with her parents quite a while before her husband came, as a young man. and settled near rain City. They Were the parents of thirteen children, nine of whom are living in 1915: David A., who lives in West Jefferson; Edward J.. who lives on the Gillivan pike; Nora, who is single and lives in West Jefferson; Ellen lives in Gillivan, and is the widow of Malachi Riley; Hannah became the wife of P. C. Gainard, of Summerford; Mollie, who married Frank Ryan, of Columbus; Julia, who is now Mrs. Francis Graham of Columbus; Elizabeth was married to Arthur Murphy. of Columbus; and William E., the subject of this sketch. William E. Fitzgerald was united in marriage, November 24, 1908. with Ella Harbage, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Scott) Harbage of West Jefferson, the former of whom died on October 21. 1908, and the latter is still living at West Jefferson. Three children have been born to this union. Joseph, born. in November, 1909; Stanley, January 10, 1912; and William V., August 21, 1915. Mrs. Fitzgerald was first married on June 17, 1900, to S. W. Lyday, who was born near Harrisburg, Ohio. He was a blacksmith and died in October, 1904. There were two children by the union : Margaret. died in infancy; Seymour, born in June. 1902. 548 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Fitzgerald has not been so wrapped up in his business affairs that he could not give the proper amount of his time and attention to his family, to whom he is a kind and attentive husband, and a loving and devoted father. CARY JONES. For more than a quarter of a century, Cary Jones, attorney-at-law, has been practicing his profession at London, county seat of Madison county. For a period of six years, Mr. Jones served this county as prosecuting attorney, during which time he was called on to prosecute numerous cases of more than ordinary importance, and has made a name as a lawyer that is known far beyond the confines of his home county. Cary Jones was born on a farm one mile east of Jeffersonville, in Fayette county, Ohio, on September 10, 1862, son of Dr. William H. and Olivia (Hidy) Jones, the former a native of Wales and the latter, of Fayette county, her father having been one of the first settlers of that county, having arrived there from Virginia on horse back and settling on Paint creek at a very early day in the settlement of that section. Dr. William H. Jones was the son of William and Jane Jones, natives of Wales, where the father followed farming and milling and there spent his entire life. Upon his death, his widow, with two of her children, started for the United States, following her son William, who was already established here. The brave mother died at sea however, and the orphaned children were compelled to continue their journey alone. They safely reached Cincinnati, where their brother, William, tenderly cared for then until they reached years of maturity. These children were David and Jane, later Mrs. Burnham. Two other children remained in Wales. On the maternal side, Cary Jones is descended from Joseph and Mary (Carr) Hidy, the former a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia, he of German descent and she Irish extraction, who located in Fayette county, Ohio, at an early day, becoming e sive landowners. Both Joseph Hidy and his wife died in Fayette county, both ha lived to advanced ages, she having been eighty-seven years of age at the time of her death and he, ninety-seven. They were the parents of ten children, Joseph Humphrey, Urban, Isaac, William, Mrs. Olivia Jones Mrs. Margaret Beatty, Mrs. Louisa Tway, Mrs. Sidney Brock and Mrs. Clarissa Wendel. Dr. William H. Jones for many years was one of the best-known physicians in Fayette county, he having continued his practice there until he was near the three score-and-ten stage of his career, after which he retired to his farm, where he died at the age of seventy-eight, his widow surviving him but a year or two. They were the parents of six children, namely: Mrs. Mary J. Irwin, wife of Luther M. Irwin who lives on the old home farm near Jeffersonville, this state; William Hidy, who lives near the town of Merom, in Sullivan county, Indiana ; Humphrey, a well-known attorney, banker and farmer, of Bloomingburg, Ohio, with offices at Washington C. H., Dr. Emma O. McCormack, a physician, wife of Richard McCormack, of Columbus, Ohio; Cary. the immediate subject of this sketch, and Mrs. Minnie Reading, wife of Dallas Reading, living near Jeffersonville, this state. Upon completing the course in the public schools at Jeffersonville, Cary Jones supplemented the same by a comprehensive course at Bechtel College, now known as Akron University, Akron, Ohio, from which excellent institution he was graduated with the class of 1887. Thus equipped by preparatory study, he entered the Cincinnati Law School, with a view to preparing himself for the practice of the profession to which he had decided to devote his life, and was graduated from that institution in 1889. Upon receiving his diploma, he came to Madison county and on July 1, 1889, opened an office for the practice of law in London, the county seat, and has been in continuous practice there ever since. Not long after locating in London; Mr. Jones MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 549 was elected city solicitor, but did not complete the term for which he was elected, being compelled to resign the same to take up the duties connected with the office of prosecuting attorney, to which. he was elected on the Republican ticket in .1892. Mr. Jones was re-elected in the next county campaign and served two terms, a period of six years. During .his incumbency of the prosecutor's office,. Mr. Jones was called on to represent the state in the trial of several homicide cases, including the noted Parnell case, one of the most celebrated trials in the history of the Madison courts. On October 27, 1897, Cary Jones was united in marriage to Bessie Gamlin, who was born and reared in London, this county, daughter of William Gamlin, a prominent resident of that city, and to this union five children have been born, Catherine Olivia, William Humphrey, Norman Carl, Marian Virginia, and Helen Eloise. Mr. and Mrs. Jones take a warm interest in the good works of this community and are among the most active promoters of the same, their influence being felt in many helpful ways hereabout. Mr. Jones is a Mason of high degree, having attained to the rank of Knight Templar, and takes much interest in that order. He also is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at London. As indicated above, he is a Republican and for years has been regarded as one of the leaders in that party in Madison county. Mr. Jones owns a fine farm in Range township, this county, and also looks after several farms for clients. He has an extensive practice and is generally looked upon as one of the county's most substantial citizens. W. E. HOFFHINES, D. D. S. Among the professional men of this county there are few who have a wider acquaintance in the county, or a higher standing among their professional associates than Dr. W. E. Hoffhines, the well-known dentist, of Lebanon, who, during the more than 'ten years of his residence and practice there not only has succeeded in building up a fine practice, but has earned the' respect and esteem of all who know him. W. E. Hoffhines was born in the pleasant' village of Ashville, Pickaway county, Ohio. on January 5, 1878, son of P. H. and Catherine (Noecker) Hoffhines, both natives of the same county. P. H. Hoffhines, for many years engaged in the mercantile business at Ashville, but now a resident of Columbus, this state, where he is engaged in the real-estate business, is the son of George Hoffhines, who still lives at Ashville, at the age of eighty-five years. To P. H. and Catherine (Noecker) Hoffhines there were horn but two children, both sons, the subject of this sketch having a brother, J. W. Hoffhines. who is prominently ;Inflected with the auditing department of the National Cash Register Company, with headquarters at Detroit. Michigan. Reared at Ashville. W. E. Hoffhines received his elementary education in the public schools of that place and was graduated from the high school there in 1896, after which he taught school in Ashville for three years. In the meantime he had decided upon the practice of dentistry as his life work and began the study of dental surgery in the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, following the course there for one year, after which he entered the Ohio College of Dental Surgery at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated, after two years of additional study, with the class of 1903. Upon receiving his diploma he began the practice of his chosen profession at Portsmouth. this state, but did not remain there quite a year, the advantages of a location at London, this county, appealing to him so strongly that he moved to London in 1904. and since that time has been quite successfully engaged in practice at the county seat. Upon arriving in London, Doctor Hoffhines entered into a partnership with Doctor Chance, who later retired from practice, since which time Doctor Hoffhines has been